The King George Medical University in Uttar Pradesh has become the first government hospital in the country to successfully launch the plasma therapy treatment for the COVID-19 patients
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The method was used in the past to treat diseases such as polio, measles, mumps, 1918 flu epidemic, and in previous outbreaks of respiratory infections namely H1N1 influenza, SARS, and MERS.
Under the method, Plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 will be collected. It is believed that it might contain antibodies to the virus that causes the disease and might be effective against the infection.
The first dose of the plasma therapy was given yesterday to a 58-year old patient. The 58-year old COVID-19 patient who was on a ventilator showed signs of recovery and the second dose of the plasma transfusion therapy is to be given on 27 April.
If the patient recovers successfully then it will be a great step in treating serious patients with the help of plasma transfusion therapy.
The doctors are preparing Plasma Therapy for the approval from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The plasma was already secured from the three recovered COVID-19 patients who were treated at KGMU itself.
